A further argument is that if D renounces before the harm is caused, this may show that the threat of the criminal sanction has had a deterrent effect.

Further, there is no reason why a legatee cannot effectively renounce his entitlement to shares without executing a deed.

In those circumstances it could not be said that the unit holder had surrendered or renounced a beneficial interest in any particular property; merely a discretionary power had been exercised in its favour.

renouncer

What were the circumstances that prompted these renouncers to undergo such a radical change of life?

The boy who gave it all up for something different, he is a legend, both as a poet and a renouncer of poetry.

One insightful aspect of the book is its attempt to categorize the interaction of fundamentalists with the world outside their enclave in four ways: as world conquerors, as world transformers, as world creators, and as world renouncers.